Billy, I need to ask you a question if I may. I just bought my first featherweight (a 1945). I bought it from a sewing machine shop so the owner naturally went through it and it's in tip top shape. i haven't had it very long and have sewed very little on it but yesterday, it broke upper thread couple times, with pressure foot in the UP position, you can barely pull thread through the tension, he had it set on 3, i turned in down to 2, still hard to pull. any idea? thanksDonna